military is weak but over time damascus has damascus centralizes and re-establish itself it's going to eat away at that autonomy no doubt about it damascus has made it very clear that they do not want the kind of situation that you that kurds in iraq enjoy where almost no kurds speak arabic any longer and that the s.d.f. who has been very clear that you know that they need help that that they'll ally what with who and they've said russia iran what does this mean for the influence of countries like that in the region now that the u.s. seems to be such a shrinking factor. as a big boost it's a big boost for russia it's a big boost for us what he needs that money america's policy was to beggar us to make him as poor as possible thinking that they could carry out regime change if they impoverished damascus by bike by grabbing most of the oil resources agriculture and of course to.

military is weak but over time damascus as damascus centralizes and reestablish itself it's going to eat away at that autonomy no doubt about it damascus has made it very clear that they do not want the kind of situation that you that kurds in iraq enjoy where almost no kurds speak arabic any longer the s.d.f. what has been very clear that you know that they need help that that they'll ally what with who and they've said russia iran what does this mean for the influence of countries like that in the region now that the u.s. seems to be such a shrinking factor it's a big boost for russia it's a big boost for us what he needs that money america's policy was to beggar side to make him as poor as possible thinking that they could carry out regime change if they impoverish damascus by bike by grabbing most of the oil resources agriculture and of course top down and euphrates water all of which now will fall under damascus is control so that's a big boost it also means that poke that putin stock goes way up we're going to see to morrow he's going to be in the gulf and.

and damascus meant having u.s. forces start between the syrian inter. armies was tenable the syrian army has moved north to potentially could front turkish forces at various points close to the border the s.d.f. hope that by teaming up with the syrian military they can force turkish forces to retreat where this stage that seems highly unlikely despite the threats to potential sanctions from some european countries and the u.s. president or the one says he has a plan for northern syria and no amount of threats are going to stop him from achieving his goal chance strafford al jazeera close to the turkish syrian border was in a holder is in one day on the border of turkey and syria means in a you've been reporting on this war for many years now the war in syria do you think we're seeing the opening up about a new front how do you read a potential confrontation between turkey and syria. well the situation on the ground is quite dangerous but what we understand is that contacts are taking place the turkish defense minister saying that he held a phone convers

well there hasn't been any official reaction from the kurdish forces i'm all from damascus i mean for the kurds they're in a very difficult position to the north they have the turkish forces and to the south they have russia and regime forces they've really been put in of choice between damascus all turkey now operation the syrian kurds reached out to damascus to this turkish operation even though they are recognizing that the mask is has a history of oppressing the kurds given the choice between choosing between turkey and syria the syrian regime they chose the syrian regime and i think there will be relief among the wider population in this area there was great concern about the search operation causing hundreds of well over 100000 people to flee the fighting and there was fear about the syrian militia that was fighting with the turkish forces that threat now at least seems to be named as it appears that hostilities have now ended under the steel. president of turkey now says that this deal should allow him to repatterning it around a 1000000 syrian refugees from turkey sending them

decides the fate of these areas so that damascus and more are all happy so what is this decision both sides agree that the area and for a wanted to be a same zone should be cleared of the kurdish forces and for that purpose russian military police and syrian border guards will enter the syrian side of the turkish syrian border to facilitate and in fact to mourn the kurdish forces withdrawal and after that they will have 150 hours for that as you said around 7 days after that starting next tuesday there will be joint russia turkish patrols east and west of the area of turkey a lead operation spring along the border with all 10 kilometers excluding a very important. biggest perjures c.t. historically kurdistan's in syria is north of commission and also excluding strategic for highway connects in the northeastern syria with the rest of the country so this is less of what turkey wanted but their national security is respected and a good thing is that the control over these territories after it is cleared of from the kurdish forces will be surely between turkey and russia and if you look a

in damascus meant having u.s. forces start between the syrian turkish army's was tenable the syrian army has moved north to potentially could front turkish forces at various points close to the border the s.d.f. hope that by teaming up with the syrian military they can force turkish forces to retreat where this stage that seems highly unlikely despite the threat of potential sanctions from some european countries and the u.s. president or the one says he has a plan for northern syria and no amount of threats are going to stop him from achieving his goal chance strafford al jazeera close to the turkish syrian border as they know what is there as well as chuckle a on that border area so the turkish president says nothing would stop them from achieving its goal is going to push further and however the resistance comes now in the form of the syrian government. yes they opened the new front the syrian opposition the national army the rebels who are backed by the turkish government to 3 hours ago they announced that the

from istanbul good morning dorian what are you hearing about the agreement between the kurds and damascus could syrian government forces soon be deployed in the north of syria well we're not hearing any details on the precise arrangement in fact there hasn't been any official confirmation by damascus that a deal has been struck other than that they are deploying forces towards the border with turkey they are believed to have moved into the town of cop army all right on turkey's border very strategically important but they are the understanding of this deal is that they will ultimately secure the whole of syria's northern border with turkey but as i said there is real no details on what will make the details of how this will be carried out but it's be i think the understanding is that the syrian kurdish forces are accepting that they are now falling under the control of the damascus regime if that one statement from a prominent kurdish leaders said we don't trust these people were very unhappy this is a very bitter pill to take but the alternative was genocide and i think that gives you an

brian thomas great to have you with us kurdish officials in northern syria have forged a deal with damascus. to fight together against turkey's north sorry in what's seen as a major political shift kurdish led forces are to deploy side by side with syrian government troops in the region along the country's border with turkey the kurds living there were previously allied with u.s. forces but president trump announced their withdrawal last week now that move paved the way for turkey to launch its attack turkey sees the kurdish fighters as terrorists and wants to create a so-called safe zone encourage held territory to resettle syrian refugees living in turkey let's get the latest now with dorian jones joining us from istanbul good morning dorian what are you hearing about the agreement between the kurds and damascus could syrian government forces be deployed in the north of syria well we're not hearing any details on the precise arrangement in fact there hasn't been any fishel confirmation by damascus that a deal has been struck off of them that they are deploying forces towards the border wi

official government in damascus this has been escalating for years and the 2nd point is that any other push ma and the syrian government realizes that i mean up close up much more with the kurds will increase the tension with turkey and that is a matter that could could get out of hand and in fact the 3rd component is the most important is that the syrian government considers itself the the actual sovereign power in all of syria's so therefore it doesn't need any agreement with the turks to actually step in and defend its border against any. attack that is the attitude of the syrian government right now yes perhaps there is a kind of an untold agreement with the kurdish forces syrian for the syrian army once to assert its power it wants to make sure that it controls its territory the tension is very high but i think that there is still room for diplomacy. now if syrian soldiers are placed current on the border with turkey do you think that will prevent further escalation. i think that depends on how the actual diplomatic track moves forward you see the syrian are to be i think strong o

and damascus. having discussed this with him ? they and damascus. having discussed this with him?n conveying m essa 9 es with him? they have been conveying messages from damascus to ankara and vice—versa. nevertheless, to eliminate this terrorist and terrorist organisation, in that part, northern eastern part of syria imean, and part, northern eastern part of syria i mean, and if russia spends efforts to ta ke i mean, and if russia spends efforts to take that out, and together with the regime or with others, we don't really mind and of course, we will welcome that. so if syrian arab troops are in control of your border area, that is acceptable to? if the regime are controlling parts of the area... that is also on our border. the zone you have, if that's in the hands of the syrian arabs, is that a cce pta ble hands of the syrian arabs, is that acceptable to you ? hands of the syrian arabs, is that acceptable to you? the presence of ypg, pkk, is criticalfor us, they shouldn't be there. if the regime is in the southern part of... we don't have a problem with them. if they don't suppo

commits our current damascus to cooperate to give a potent message is if you're really worried about the long term security concerns you have to work with damascus that's going to be very difficult for considering he calls assad of butcher and today assad destroyed and that's a great. story and jones with a view from istanbul you're even a shadow in moscow thank you so much to both of you think. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world thousands have taken to the streets of the lebanese capital beirut for a 6 day despite the government's announcement of an economic reform package on monday demonstrators slammed the reforms as empty promises and continue to call for leaders to step down. northern italy is surveying the damage after storms and heavy rain battered the region triggering flash floods the most affected regions were in people want and. at least one person died when his car was washed away. norwegian police have now arrested a man and a woman in connection with the theft of an ambulance that ran into several people in the capital oslo police

which would involve the damascus regime forces securing the volta now that would prevent turkey from carrying out this operation or at least pose a major obstacle to turkish aspirations they want to put back one to 2000000 syrian refugees currently living in turkey in this region it's very unclear whether damascus is happy with that operation and turkey is expect to be facing growing pressure not only from moscow in tehran but also from its own western allies as well and crucially what will president trump to he has warned that he could destroy these economy if they go too far wipe out the cuz he said a sign that trump support for turkey is weakening right daryn jones in istanbul for us thank you very much an idea we have from kino gabrielle spokesman for the s.t. f. the kurdish forces in syria and he gave us this assessment of the situation that. we know that the turkey is. on the life for us and it is bartels nato but we have reached agreement maybe it was directed by the united states. or corporation with us we were to be a miracle cures by is the decision that was keener gabrial

military is weak but over time damascus as damascus centralizes and re-establish itself it's going to eat away at that autonomy no doubt about it damascus has made it very clear that they do not want the kind of situation that you that kurds in iraq enjoy where almost no kurds speak arabic any longer. hungary's prime minister viktor orban has suffered a big political setback a candidate backed by his party has lost the law or election in the capital depressed. was backed by several opposition parties they are also projected to make gains in local elections in the rest of the country sudan's vote had one of the highest voter turnouts in local elections in nearly 30 years he said to the sas and then this victories a bit budapest becoming green and free to speak through is a bit taking the city from the 20th to the 21st century and this victories about keeping the city with all our powers where history has always placed it we will take it back to europe exit polls in poland indicate the ruling law and justice party has increased its majority its project projected rather to come out on to

damascus to deploy government troops to the area in the meantime. hundreds of relatives. of president compound with dumping the claims disinflation. president putin had to saudi arabia on a state visit king solomon and the saudi crown prince will be following events. bosco is bringing residence which include russian movies courtrooms everyone the whole. surprises ready for mr burton but for now what that will be. the secret. in the u.k. is sued over the. states for mental treatments we hear from a psychotherapist who were. pushed. it's 1 o'clock here in moscow and you're watching out international live from us here with me nativity welcome to the program. ati's video agency ruptly has obtained footage of the syrian army entering our house occur province in the far northeast of syria it comes after kurdish officials in syria said they had reached an agreement with the government in damascus or to allow help the kurds battle a turkish offensive crossing live now to our to paula slayer for more details paula the video now confirms previous reports that the syrian army is mov

celebrations in northern syria as a deal is reportedly struck between the kurds and damascus that will see government troops deployed to the area that turkey continues its military offensive in the area in the meantime affairs of the potential terrorists. growing kurdish officials say a turkish bombardment led to hundreds of predators and far nicer members playing a prison compound in turkey helping the claims disinclination. president putin heads to saudi arabia on a state visit to meet king solomon crown prince. following up at. osco is bringing plenty of prizes which include russian movies cartoons everyone holds money of surprises ready for mr burton and cole but for now what that will be . the secret. and the child clinic in the u.k. is sued over the use of. better mental treatments we hear from a psychotherapist who works there. this is he who pushed. for midday here in moscow watching all to international live from last year with me . welcome to the program. a major shift of alliance kurdish officials in syria say they reached an agreement with the government in damascus. now on

because the damascus military is weak but over time damascus has damascus centralizes and reestablish itself it's going to eat away at that autonomy no doubt about it that damascus has made it very clear that they do not want the kind of situation that that kurds in iraq enjoy where almost no kurds speak arabic any longer and this has been very clear that you know that they need help that that they'll ally what with who and they've said russia iran what does this mean for the influence of countries like that in the region now that the u.s. seems to be such a shrinking factor was a big boost it's a big boost for russia it's a big boost for us what he needs that money you know america's policy was to beggar us to make him as poor as possible thinking that they could carry out regime change if they impoverished damascus by by by grabbing most of the oil resources agriculture and of course top down and euphrates water all of which now will fall under damascus is control so that's a big boost it also means that poke that stock goes way up we're going to see our own he's going to be in the

center for middle east studies told us the areas rich resources are crucial for damascus. well i think we're going to we're seeing a scramble for the northeast of syria in the same way that there was a scramble during the collapse of isis state and. the resources of the area are going to be the 1st to be taken as we saw with the oil fields around areas or and i think what we're going to see is the syrian government is going to try to go across get the oil fields the gas fields that are so crucial for a serious economic well being also this is prime agricultural land the euphrates river flows down here the dam that the dam it which is so important to the flow of the euphrates which america and the kurds have held the syrian government's going to want to take that back as well so what we're going to see is a scramble for resources in the area and and turkey is going to be come under intense pressure we'll see what air go on and on assad can negotiate in a way to deescalate so that there isn't war between turkey and syria. after several hours of negotiations indigenous a prot

for putin his main objective now is to bring damascus and closer together to cooperate get on crew to recognize the mascot's regime and the need to talk about returning of refugees and security that's the ultimate goal of putin to normalize the situation and improve relations between and damascus. in the story for us in istanbul during thank you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a u.s. army officer is testifying before congressional investigators in the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump lieutenant colonel alexander vin men appeared despite white house orders not to an advanced copy of his testimony says that he raised concerns about trump's disputed phone call with the president of ukraine he's. a mountain climber in nepal has broken the speed record for conquering the world's 14 highest peaks near mo persia climbed the mountains over 6 months and 6 days the previous record was about 8 years all 14 are at least 8000 meters high amaze. now after the wildfires in southern california the blazes have driven some of ellie

now he has to balance damascus and ankara. if he gets it wrong, the escalation -- syria will witness a major escalation which threatens to unravel the successes has achieved up until now. >> there is so much at stake. president erdogan obviously knows that if he is pushing forward with this offensive. why is this so important to him. >> it isn't just about security and the threat posed to the militia which turkey says is linked to militias inside turkey , this is s all about returning millions of syrian refugees currently living in turkey and theyey pose in many waways and exexistential threat to the turkish president. he is facing mounting pressure within the country and major political setbacacks. if he doesn't resolve this, it could threaten his role in the country. he sees this operation is soso importrtant secururing this majr buffer zone in which he canan return one to o 2 million refugees. if he fails, he faces major problems at home. >> we know that the u.s. president is demanding that turkey stop this operation agains

attacked car province in northeast syria in the a kurdish officials that struck an agreement with damascus to deploy government troops to the area. but i was cool touch the rebels between police and protesters are both alone i have to have the jailing of 9 cops along separatist leaders both additional charges. of child gender clinic in the u.k. is sued over the alleged use of underwater search the experimental treatment we hear from a psycho analyst who would bet. some tea apparently it's a boy. this is he who pushed it was used to be introduced. to. for a while now continue your watching on c.n.n. international with me with. the russian president has been in the saudi capital riyadh this monday on his 1st visit to the gulf states in over a decade but amid putin held talks with king film on the crown prince signing off a raft of cooperation agreements it was that. just have a look at this massive wooden door behind me the decorations on it the shiny marble and the number of security guards behind my shoulder there you have it we'll tell you that we're inside the wall palace of the saudi ki

should talk to damascus if you are telling me now that damascus is angry with those very kurds who have been fighting against them is there a platform where they can talk together is the russian foreign minister on the same page as damascus when it comes to talking with kurdish fighters. yes russia is trying to make a can to conciliation between syrian government and between good this so the groups to the east of your practice of boy any minute so it's got a sion and they want to reach any kind of police got a solution and at the same time there are the russians are really must consent to make the history of the conciliation between you see the i'm getting your cave examples then but you've got a gun and the same president bashar assad and this should be reflected in a really really was it if and only see so if you a sugar the us must fear the one atmosphere of middle east and i think it's time to look at this atrocities in this association it was happening that number is better than the rhythms of play by them it would be a total what and in the turkish ambitions but it's from russia s

the civil war that the turkish regime have been backing the syrian rebels the mortal enemies of damascus to bring down bashar al assad and they've been backing the rebels that have been fighting the muskets regime so there has always been this potential fear that a clash could occur now we see the turkish forces on the ground facing off against syrian regime forces breanne that's prospect one step closer it's unclear what the rules of engagement are with the turkish forces and the syrian regime forces do they have. to engage in fighting or they told to avoid a confrontation at the center of all this is russia vladimir putin the russian president who has carefully orchestrated the ousting of the removal of the american from the scene now has to balance the damascus regime which he supports and turkey and the turkish president who has built up a strong relationship over syria this is a key now facing putin. thank you. well there's 5 things most affecting northern syria at the moment it's also spilling over into turkey comes bundled yulia han the ports now on turkish towns that have been hi

in damascus meant having u.s. forces start between the syrian turkish army's was tenable the syrian army has moved north to potentially confront turkish forces at various points close to the border the s.t.'s hope that by teaming up with the syrian military they can force turkish forces to retreat where this stage that seems highly unlikely despite the threat of potential sanctions from some european countries and the us president order one says he has a plan for northern syria and no amount of threats are going to stop him from achieving his goal for al-jazeera close to the turkish syrian border said a holder is in act on the border of turkey and syria then i will be asking you of course about the latest on the ground i just want to start by just putting that this breaking news line that we've had the late is the u.s. president saying he will soon issue an executive order authorizing sanctions against current and former turkish officials just think that's going to have any impact on the ground to the turkish oper

military is weak but over time damascus as damascus centralizes and re-establish itself it's going to eat away at that autonomy no doubt about it damascus has made it very clear that they do not want the kind of situation that you that kurds in iraq enjoy where almost no kurds speak arabic any longer. at least 30 people are confirmed dead after a powerful typhoon struck parts of central japan on the weekend tens of thousands of troops are still trying to get to people left stranded after widespread flooding and landslides wayne hale reports now from tokyo. there was plenty of warning before typhoon had arrived but the power of the storm caught some of japan's most vulnerable by surprise intense rainfall cut off many people and communities including dozens of elderly in a retirement home and car will go way north west of the capital tokyo after the storm passed they were brought to safety by risky work as. the storm brought damaging winds in excess of 200 kilometers an hour but the main feature was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw a meter in 24 hours and waterways simply couldn

region celebrated reported agreement between the local kurdish authorities and the government in damascus that is as turkey continues a military offensive against the kurds in iraq. more than a week of violent protests continue in ecuador with the president refusing to cancel cutbacks on fuel subsidies. and environmental action group extinction rebellion has been rallying in cities across the world in the u.k. alone more than a 1000 people were arrested. what this generation seems to be saying is you've messed things up for long enough you're not really listening the only way we can actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience extinction rebellion is without question britain's fastest growing pagan religion. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this. syrian state media reporting that government forces have begun moving into the north of the country where turkey is carrying out an offensive against the kurds these are images from the northern syrian city of. syrian media says that locals are celebr

celebrations in northern syria as a deal is reportedly struck between the kurds and damascus government the area. continues its military offensive in the area in the meantime fears of a potential terrorist insurgency growing. at. hundreds of. prison compound with the information. president putin heads to saudi arabia on the state visit. to. bring to your presence which include russian movie card rooms everyone holds. surprises ready for mr gold but for now what's. the secret. and a child in the u.k. is sued over the alleged. treatments we hear from him but. this is. international life from a. welcome to the program. a major shift of alliance kurdish officials in syria say they reached an agreement with the government in damascus from now on syrian troops will be able to enter kurdish controlled northeastern syria for the 1st time in years. to help the kurds tackle a turkish offensive with the latest is are to support a slayer. hearing from kodesh sources that they've signed an agreement with the damascus government that will see the 2 sides work together to what they say prevent confron

alhazmi ha province in northeast syria and you go to shoot fish if the bed struck an agreement with damascus and deployed government troops to the area. was clashes erupt between police and protesters that are barcelona at bordeaux for the jailing of 9 cats along separatist leaders once additional charges. of child gender clinic in the u.k. is due to be alleged use of under researched experimental treatments we hear from iceland go on a list would that. be something you'd better be busy for you know there's usually this if you need cold call squishy it's cute to be introduced. to. a whole welcome to your watching r t international with me and carol. the russian president has been in the saudi capital riyadh this monday on his 1st visit to the gulf state in over a decade of them appear to held talks with king sell mom on the crown prince signing off on a raft of cooperation agreements the leaders also exchanged gifts with the russian leader presenting his counterparts with a red vulcan receiving a painting in return it was their 1st. just have a look at this massive wooden door behind me the

the syrian army is moving north to face the aggression damascus media is reporting with the ship ministration now saying it's reached an agreement for syrian troops to be deployed along the entire border with turkey. for more than a week of violent protests in ecuador with the president refusing to cancel cutbacks on fuel subsidies. on the russian president vladimir putin has given an interview to a panel of journalists from several arabic t.v. channels including our sister station r.t. are a big part of his upcoming state visit to saudi arabia. so good meeting thanks for joining us here for the weekly. syrian army has begun moving to the north of the country where turkey is carrying out an offensive against the kurds that's according to damascus state media. correspondent paul this . do we have confirmation at this point of syrian government forces entering any of the northern areas. well let me tell you in the last few moments we have been saving receiving reports are that an agreement has been signed between the kurdish administration and the syrian government for the deployment of the syr

and that is that these people committed their crimes in syria there's a sovereign government of damascus turn those people over to the baskets i'm sure mr assad will know just what to do with them turkish president air to one seems unconcerned about how this plays with the e.u. listen to his words. a european union if you attempt to label our operations as a new vision is. simple she was cool that we will open our borders. 6000000 refugees is the norm of it and president trump dismisses concerns about the people he calls these people here are his words. they didn't come from our country and we did i'm a big for ever and we said to france we said to germany we said to. various countries in europe we'd like you to take your people back well we don't want him we don't want him how about you take in him i said we don't want to meet there nobody wants him that bad but somebody has to watch over him and here is nato a general secretary chance stoltenberg. i count on turkey to act with restraints. and sure that any action it may take in northern syria is proportionate message. we must not jeopa

they have been conveying messages from damascus to ankara and vice—versa.terrorists and terrorist organisation in that part, northern—eastern part of syria i mean, and if russia spends some efforts to take them out, and together with the regime or with others, we don't mind, and of course, we will welcome that. so if syrian arab troops are in control of your border area, that's acceptable to you? well, syrian arab forces and the forces of the regime are controlling southern part of hatay, antakya, for instance... but on your border? ..and we have no... that is also on our border over there. but the zone you have, if that's in the hands of the syrian arabs, is that acceptable to you? well, the presence of ypg/pkk, is key for us, they shouldn't be there. otherwise, you know... if the regime is also the southern part of al—bab, and they are staying there and we haven't had any problem with them. unless they don't support terrorists, we don't mind the regime forces are there. our aim is not to fight the regime, or russians... but to fight the kurdish militants?

and of course russian support for damascus therefore it's a very delicate balancing act for paris at least. well of course there are differences between the european position and the u.s. position i mean the european leaders as you said yourself earlier they have been very concerned about turkey's decision they're very concerned about the u.s. decision in the 1st place to withdraw its troops so i think that is something the france will be watching very closely indeed remember of course this is this geographically we're much closer to europe to the u.s. and i think many leaders who will be watching developments extremely closely they know they want to keep good relations with all sides and i think that's why mark rohr is watching this he's extremely worried but he is talking to syrian kurdish leaders inviting that official on monday may be symbolically in a way with the news of this offensive looming he was sending a message to the turkish government that france at least for its part in terms of the european position is continuing to support the syrian democratic forces and is gratefu

kurdish forces essentially reaching this agreement with damascus. you know some foreign ministers here have acknowledged that the you basically is watching helplessly because it does have economic clout but it doesn't have the military muscle really to change things as they stand right now in northern syria but of course the e.u. itself has 2 major concerns when it comes to the region the 1st one i touched upon in my 1st answer it's more migration like i said political dynamite but the 2nd one is also what happens to the foreign fighters apparently some of the isis captors of the u.s. have already been released or fled will be come back will europe face another terror wave as we did in the past years these are all things that need to be discussed here in luxembourg but like i said we don't expect anything more than a strong condemnation if at all what's happening with turkey in northern syria but you know turkey for its part is really tough and talking tough and dorian i'd like to ask you about this turkish threat to dishonor the agreement with the

syrian forces and that is something ancora will be wary of particularly as the key backer of the damascus regime is moscow and moscow is also an ally with turkey now uncle will be wary of getting the wrath of moscow given the fact in the past these 2 countries went to crisis over syria but now it seems that moscow is the key player here who is allies with both sides it is now coming needs to come up with a solution not a voice of confrontation with its 2 key allies in the region dorian jones but the view from turkey thank you dorian. meantime the european union has condemned turkey's military intervention in syria max hall for men in luxembourg were e.u. foreign ministers have been meeting to discuss that matter max the e.u. foreign ministers they've they've concluded their meeting what did they agree on in their efforts to stop this turkish offensive. one point you just mentioned to me and that is probably the most important point that you can find in that declaration that was released by the e.u. foreign ministers is they condemn the military action that's one point the other point that

top prominence in northeast syria earlier british officials said they struck and agreement with damascus to deploy government troops to the area. and the child gender clinic in the u.k. is sued over the alleged use of under researched experimental treatment we hear from a psychoanalyst who works there. something about the soon to be. cool post pushed. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow in joining us this hour. the russian president has been in the saudi capital riyadh this monday on his 1st visit to the gulf state in over a decade a lot of reporting held talks with king solomon and the crown prince signing off on a raft of cooperation agreements leaders also exchanged gifts with the russian leader presenting his counterparts with a rare arctic falcon and receiving a painting in return. reports. just have a look at this massive wooden door behind me the decorations on it the shiny marble and the number of security guards behind my shoulder there you have it we'll tell you that we're inside the wall palace of the saudi king the venue for the 1st

between uncut arm or school and maybe also on damascus and this is something that i shan't are trying to work out we all know that president putin and the russian government has already expressed their readiness to. between turkey and syria an order to revive the accord with the other an accord in fact of 1998 which actually. did its security on the borders between the 2 countries between the 2 that will governments so i think i think one point and this is something i believe 30 is not actually rejecting outright right now because i believe turkey sees merely the syria democratic process as a threatening to its national security so turkey wouldn't be. if the syrian regime . come very close to controlling the borders because we have seen but as the end of the gun the action to the accession of the syrian regime forces to members for example don't line them on a program but so i don't see turkey actually rejecting the idea of maybe that the syrian regime can make a comeback and control part of the board does that what they really want is actually to push the cause on to the region that

iran and russia support president assad and damascus. that's one thing. another thing is there are still u.s. forces, special forces inside syria. they are in an area towards the israeli border and jordan. if the u.s. got to a point where it felt it had to withdraw those troops or, indeed, if the president just makes a gut instinct decision to withdraw all u.s. troops from syria, that will have israel very, very worried. those troops are there, much like the u.s. forces in the north of the country were there to support the kurds, those troops are there to hold back iran and iranian forces in syria and to create a buffer against more tension with israel. the iranians cannot be forgotten in all of this. they're looming. they can be sucked in more. by the way, all of this could lead to a situation where america gets sucked back into the conflict. you just don't know how these events will play out. >> interesting point. pj, your thoughts on the domestic politics of this. nancy pelosi tweeting that she and lindsey graham have come to a stronger sanctions packa

in damascus meant having u.s. forces start between the syrian turkish army's was on tenable the syrian army has moved north to potentially confront turkish forces at various points close to the border the s.d.f. hope that by teaming up with the syrian military they can force turkish forces to retreat where this stage that seems highly unlikely despite the threat of potential sanctions from some european countries and the u.s. president or the one says he has a plan for northern syria and no amount of threats are going to stop him from achieving his goal chance strafford al jazeera close to the turkish syrian border. well what's in a hotel now who's in a chuckle a turkish syrian border you've been describing it to me earlier saying or saying it like a new front has been opened here explain that to us. yes a new front in the battle for members has begun this is a city and the northern countryside of aleppo a strategic city it lies on a crossroads whoever controls that members control supply lines that connect east a

to open talks with damascus currently one doesn't have any diplomatic relations with the massacres. enough impression very hard saying the solution to this problem this crisis is you'd have talks with damascus the mask is now has an arrangement with the syrian kurds he's taking over control of the border one way out is for turkey to open it might be negotiations with syria this is seen as the only real opportunity of turkey avoiding this growing isolation and eventually being poor pushed out by both moscow and the united states storage areas in istanbul thank you. it would take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of probably dependents activists from across the plains catalonia region marching on the regional capital barcelona i need to get there by friday spain is on edge following 2 days of protests of violent clashes between police and protesters in the region as widespread anger that the long prison sentences given to 9 cats and an independent leaders on monday. firefighters have been battling an explosion of huge fires a storage facility n

driven by false narratives and the inability to admit the international proxy war to overthrow the damascus government has failed the sooner all american troops leave syria the better for syria and the region. talking syria i'm joined by my guess omar well coffin u.k. he is founder and director of the grossest a think tank in britain that focuses on syria and the middle east in beirut we have more awesome and she is an academic and journalist and in dublin we cross the mike he is coeditor of b s news dot info right in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to beirut 1st you know i read the reactions very closely to try for a partial withdrawal i mean he tried it before and he failed and now he's done it again in lieu of the another illegal and the invasion of syria this time by turkey i mean i was just aghast on that characterization of what's going on in syria right now and western audiences have been given so much to assume from ation and false narratives it's very difficult for them to even understand what's going on except for war must go

damascus and for moscow. area especially getting control over them 4 and them 5 highways which connect. with coastal cities and with damascus that's very important because that will contribute to the economic integration and revival of the of the other countries so an excellent way possible that. i'm sorry think i missed a chemical of oh yeah i just think it's this what do is it's quite possible that syrian army and russia will have an upper hand in lisbon will go up north of getting m. 4 and 5 under its control and turkey will get sort of a burman. temporary temporary save zone in the north east syria probably between. and. mystic there a middle east expert at the russian international affairs council thank you for joining us and as. well iraq's military says the u.s. troops who crossed over from syria do not have permission to stay in their country the soldier is a part of those forces who withdrew from northern syria as that takesh operation against kurdish fighters began. moving on to other news now in pr

protest spread from the south to latakia damascus homes bunya us hama. north to aleppo and east. this was no longer a protest over the arrest of some young boys did become an uprising and i am going to let your comment to see and to see. when not i'm not. going to see investing in . iraq and iran comes to us i want to scream in. models 1st recruits was his brother more off doing it that his shots. the one. article. a while wanted to have a gun and then move on then milan on the follow heavy and gun cabinet. in the brother's village of nyima on the eastern outskirts of had a reputation for defiance and a show of force the government troops blasted their way in. old song off show all shot you know with political more. damage than 9 of them on the jobless r.j. i'm not a but i'm a block not a thief in this with a time not a bit lucky not. to jack in and as a knock off player. coming up with a good. kick . american gun paving the guy up and the knock on the. almost nothing or 1st of all what's the. model if the accountant became a roof the warrior. like most of his men he'd completed

had little choice it struck a deal with damascus a russian brokered deal that agreed to hand over the territories that remain under their control to the government now the question is will they be able to do that because the opposition is making clear that they will fight back they will prevent this from happening especially in the town of members when rebel forces have already sent reinforcements to the front lines the syrian army at the same time saying that they're sending troops to the north of the country to face what they're calling a turkish invasion so that the risk of conflict is real is specially if these players cannot negotiate a coordinated withdrawal or an agreement of who takes what in what area meanwhile a funeral has been held for a kurdish leader who was killed in an ambush on saturday who have been hamas the secular general of future syria policy was returning from a meeting when a car was a time to allegedly by turkey about fighters a driver an aide who owns and killed a syrian observatory for human rights groups supported by turkey have killed 9 civilians in the a

comes after kurdish officials in syria said they have reached an agreement with the government in damascus which will now help the kurds battle a turkish offensive artie's policy reports what has been seen in the video that we've obtained there are armed men and vehicles crossing the border and entering the area of a cut in the far north east of syria now this confirms earlier reports that we were receiving from local media in the area suggesting and say that the syrian troops were advancing north woods and that the could swear out on the streets celebrating as reports of a deal between the 2 additional fatalities and the syrian authorities broke and that deal to quote is aimed at preventing and confronting the to the aggression what is significant is particularly this video showing for the 1st time in years that will syrian army has reached kodesh controlled areas where they've been cut off from for very very long time now the long term plan will be for your could soon democratic forces as well as your syrian army to patrol the syria turkish border and for your kodesh militia who are guar

hearing from kodesh sources that they've signed an agreement with the damascus government that will see the 2 sides work together to what they say prevent confront and pushback turkish aggression all of this comes as we hear from local media that locals are celebrating the news in the town of. in the north east in syria locals have been going to the streets extremely satisfied with the latest developments syrian state media is reporting that the syrian army is making its way to the north of the country while lebanese television says that the syrian forces within the next 48 hours will enter the strategic more than warded town of bani that is controlled by the kurds now we hear this amid war in concerns that pro took his forces have cut off the main east west road through to kurdish territory so this altimeter leaves the city of isolated so no doubt there's going to be a massive escalation in that particular area we all 6 receiving reports that the syrian army has already entered the town of monday in aleppo now this is just 60 kilometers away from core barney and we understand that the

border the operation known as peace spring and gird actually many or maybe even too many including damascus moscow washington mr the gun came to me putin sort of showing he lost his patients and he is ready to continue the military operation in syria's north and basically he was threatening at the same time asking a lot including i guess a total control of the so-called safe zone along the turkish border east of the euphrates 30 kilometers deep into syria russia is the massacres of major l. i could not allow this to happen and russia's logic always has been that only those legally in syria meaning syrians of course and russia invited officially by damascus have the authority to stay in syria so under this logic turkey is not legally in syria but at the same time it's really dangerous to ignore it negotiate and you always have to remember that the resteal the province also in syria is north home to from 2 to 3000000 people not controlled by the syrian government where. turkey bag forces all over including some jihadist and islamists are in charge and that situation that crisis and that there